The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-05-12
Total value,

Total value. $685. 42
This is gain of So, 900, 900 in the value
of live stock on Vermont farms since 49,
80. The dairy interest has had quite an
appreciable growth during this period,
and last year it is estimated that 27,5OO,-
900 pounds of butter was made or 2,5OO,-
900 more than ever before. The
establishment of numerous creameries,
and the introduction of the cream-gather-
ing system in many places during the past
five years, has resulted in an increased pro-
duction of butter. The building Of silos
by many farmers has also been of advan-
tage to the dairy interest.
The great and rapidly increasing popu-
larity of Vermont horses, especially Of
the Morgan breed, has made the breeding
of fine horses quite profitable, and there
is decided revival in this industry. The
number of horses in this State has in
creased from 9,07l in 1880 to S2,73O in
1886, with great improvement in the
quality of the stock. Hundreds of spans
Of driving horses are sold every year to
foreign buyers at an average price of
$1,000 each.
The following table gives the duties on
the principle productions;
Wheat, 20 cents per bu. Hams, cents per lb.
Rye, 10 cents per bu. Hay, 81 per ton.
Corn 10 cents per bu Honey, 20 cts per gal.
Oats, 10 cents per bu. Cattle, 20 per cent ad
Potatoes, Is cts per bu, valorem.
CHEESE, cents per lb. Clothing Wools - cts
Butter, cents per Id. per pound and 10 per
Lard 2 cents per Id. cent ad valorem.
As natural sequence of the policy of pro-
lection the products of Vermont farms
command better prices in the market to-
day than before the war. Take, for in
stance, six Of the leading products of the
farm, the prices in 1860 and 1886 being
the basis of comparison:
Cheese, cents per pound higher.
Maple sugar, cents per pound higher.
Potatoes, Is cents per bushel higher.
Oats, Is cents per bnshel higher.
Hay, 81 per ton higher.
An equally gratifying exhibit is
made of the manufacturing industry
of the State, and concludes as fol-
lows:
vermont is not suffering dry rot
from protection or from anything else.
The State annually produces 27,000,0OO
pounds of butter, 100000 pounds of
maple Sugar, l,OO0,0 900 tons of hay, 5000
900 pounds of wool; it raises thousands
of blooded horses and fine sheep, and
sends to distant markets large quantities
of choice fruits and garden products.
Out of the millions of acres of rich farm
lands in the State are raised products
which ARE annually worth more than $40
100000. The quarries of marble, slate
and granite are mines of wealth which
coin for their owners nearly $4,000, 900
every year. The scale works, organ fac
tories, wooden and cotton mills and other
Industrial works manufacture goods every
twelve months valued at nearly S25, o0O.-
900. Here then we have nearly $50, 0O0,-
600, in round numbers, as the value of the
annual production of the agricultural and
industrial interests of the State.
In this connection it may be stated
that the banks in the State hold S20,000,-
600 of the wealth of the people in the
form of deposits. Since the enactment
of the Morrill, tariff nearly 300 miles of
railroad, representing an investment of
$4,000, 900, have been built. War taxes
aggregating sS,OOO,O0O have been paid.
The State is out of debt and the burden of